[Ads-l] Antedating of "Coed" (Person0

[Mark Mandel]

Very good!

On Sun, Apr 10, 2022, 8:25 PM Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu> wrote:

> coed (person) (OED 1893)
>
> 1880 Chicago Tribune 28 June 7/3 (Newspapers.com)  There was [at Cornell]
> quite a clsas of lady graduates, who are styled by the other students
> "Co-Eds," as there is a general prejudice against coeducation among the
> latter.
>
> Fred Shapiro
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